Cholesterol can be a complicated subject that many people might admit they do not fully understand.
Most people have been taught that cholesterol is a bad thing. And for a while it was thought that dietary cholesterol, which is the cholesterol found in food, had a big impact on raising cholesterol...
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When apple scab affects apple leaves, they develop leaf spots and eventually can start to turn yellow and drop off the tree.
Apple and scab are two words most people would never associate with each other, but apple scab is one of the...
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Tropical milkweed blooms
With sobering news about monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations, many gardeners are intent on growing more habitat for these interesting creatures. One type of milkweed advertised to support...
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Lady beetle larvae eat the same foods but look very different than adults. Photo: David Cappaert, Bugwood.org
All around us we see how the changing seasons affect our trees, gardens, and the insects that depend on them. Sometimes these...
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Vegetable growers across Minnesota are reporting issues with cucumber beetles right now, with many expressing that they’ve never had beetles quite this bad. Crops are now flowering and we are well into the growing season, which puts a...